For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Jeremiah 31:33-34

The prophet Jeremiah received a message that would only be fulfilled with the Messiah. Instead of a rule book to follow, the LORD promises to “write in on their hearts” so that the people would finally, truly know Him. How does this fit in to the Law of Liberty for those who follow Christ?

The writer of Hebrews quotes the same passage in Hebrews 8:8-12 including –

“I will put my laws into their minds,
and write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.”

Who are those people? Those who embrace the new covenant delivered by Christ who fulfilled the law and “in speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away (Hebrews 8:13).”

The Law produced external compulsion, while the new law of liberty produces internal desire. The Gospel doesn’t lower standards, it changes hearts.

Years ago, David Wilkerson wrote a piece about the man consumed with righteousness. He made the point that those who are in pursuit of God, don’t view their relationship with God as a burden. They have a sense of freedom and joy that can’t be understood by those on the outside looking in.